Specimen of the malpays of black lava near Alta Vista, Charles Piazzi Smyth, c. 1881 - in or before 1886
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Specimen of the malpays of black lava near Alta Vista, Charles Piazzi Smyth, c. 1881 - in or before 1886
This work belongs to Teneriffe, an astronomer's experiment (RP-F-2001-7-352)
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Teneriffe, an astronomer's experiment -
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